Cristian I Contescu Distinguished Staff Scientist Contact contescuci1@ornl.gov | 865.241.3318 All Publications BEYOND THE CLASSICAL KINETIC MODEL FOR CHRONIC GRAPHITE OXIDATION BY MOISTURE IN HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTORS... Properties of immobile hydrogen confined in microporous carbon... Clustering of water molecules in microporous carbon: In-situ small-angle neutron scattering... Effect of microstructure on air oxidation resistance of nuclear graphite... Restricted dynamics of molecular hydrogen confined in activated carbon nanopores... Hydrogen Confinement in Carbon Nanopores: Extreme Densification at Ambient Temperature... Practical Aspects for Characterizing Air Oxidation of Graphite... Graphite-Salt Interactions: Summary of FY23 Activities Initial Assessment of Erosion/Abrasion Issues Related to Gas-Cooled Reactors A neutron tomography study to visualize fluoride salt (FLiNaK) intrusion in nuclear-grade graphite THE PARADOX OF OXIDATION TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON NUCLEAR GRAPHITE PROPERTIES SEM and TEM data of nuclear graphite and glassy carbon microstructures... On the thermal oxidation of nuclear graphite relevant to high-temperature gas cooled reactors... Effects of Microstructural Composition, Porosity, and Microcracks on the Elastic Moduli of Nuclear Graphites A Microstructural Modeling-Based Approach to Graphite Oxidation beyond ASTM D7542... Infiltration of molten fluoride salts in graphite: Phenomenology and engineering considerations for reactor operations and wa... Evaluating the Effects of Molten Salt on Graphite Properties: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities... Using porous random fields to predict the elastic modulus of unoxidized and oxidized superfine graphite... Multiscale characterization and comparison of historical and modern nuclear graphite grades... Microstructural characterization data of as received IG-110, 2114 and ETU-10 nuclear graphite grades and oxidation characteri... Approach to using 3D laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) data to explore the interaction of FLiNaK and FLiBe molten s... Effect of microstructure and temperature on nuclear graphite oxidation using the 3D Random Pore Model... Oxidation Behavior and Property Degradation of Nuclear Graphites... FY21 Progress Report on Graphite-Salt Interaction Studies... Probing basal planes and edge sites in polygranular nuclear graphite by gas adsorption: Estimation of active surface area... Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page ›› Last page Last » Key Links Curriculum Vitae ORCID